Category Archives: GraniteGrok
Why was there recruitment for paid protesters in Charlottesville?
So it seems that my Notable Quote – Newt Gingrich has spurred a bit of commentary – which I do like. However, a statement was made, a challenge sprung up, and I found the answer. From Tom F: Who is really behind those … Continue reading
Eva Castillo-Sturgeon – A Venezuelan Talks About Venezuela
In one of several great segments from my stint guest-hosting Girard at Large this morning Eva Castillo-Sturgeon tells us about how Venezuela, which is her native country, has transitioned from the only thriving Democracy in South America to the crumbling socialist wreck it … Continue reading
Guest Hosting Girard at Large – Monday Morning, 6-9 am ET
Tomorrow morning from 6-9 am Eastern Time I will be guest-hosting the Girard at Large Radio Program on 90.7 FM, WLMW. Susan Olsen and Bob Clegg are along for the ride with Guests Eva Castillo-Turgeon (The ins-and-outs of Immigration), Jim Kofalt and … Continue reading
Unity Shmunity
In one of my favorite podcasts “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”, Kevin D. Williamson said something that I’ve been thinking about for a long time but could never quite get out very well. So, of course, Kevin being Kevin, voiced it … Continue reading
We Will Never Win the Culture War if We Give Them an Unimpeded Run of the Field
Nature abhors a vacuum so if we don’t make a case for constitutional conservatism and conservatarianism in New Hampshire someone else might. And that might not be constitutional conservatism at all. | More… | GraniteGrok
Media Noise Ignored
“They want politics to be going on everywhere all the time”, what does that remind you of? Safe spaces? Trigger words? Firing an employee for views not held by a company? Shouting down and silencing people whose view are not … Continue reading
Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber: The “Memo” That Made The Media Flip Out
Did you hear about the deplorable memo some woman-hating Google engineer shared? The media being the media, redacted, cherry picked and excerpted their way into their very own echo chamber tizzy. In reality, “… a major purpose of the memo was to … Continue reading
NH Dem Party Chair Ray Buckley proves the stereotype “You WILL be made to care”
It isn’t “can’t we just all get along,” rather, it is a demand that you not only recognize but affirm our issue. We’ve been seeing this on college campuses for the last two years as we see these college student … Continue reading
NHFPI Hides the Good Fiscal News Behind What May Not Even be Bad News
In a recent report the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute (NHFPI) hems and haws its way through potential fiscal decline couched in “mights and maybes” and then (Surprise!) we get “substantially more” in paragraph four. While the preliminary accrual revenues for SFY … Continue reading
Weeding Out the Administrative State
“…one BIG reason why Trump and Steve Bannon are HATED by Democrats / Progressive Authoritarians – they’ve made one of their Administration anchors to corral in and eliminate what the Federal Govt has wrought – 98,099 final rules – with their “propose … Continue reading